Nepal s Kami Rita Sherpa ascents Mt Everest for record 25th time
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Kathmandu, May 7 : Here is some good news in the middle of the pandemic. Nepal s illustrious climber Kami Rita Sherpa ascended the Mount Everest for a record 25th time on Friday, the country s Ministry of Tourism l announced.
With the weather around Mt Eeverest turning favourable for the climbers, a small window for climbing the world s tallest peak was opened on Friday.
The first team of climbers reached the top of Everest, whose height was jointly revised by Nepal and China last year as 8848.86-metre, on Friday evening, becoming the first climbers of the season to conquer the peak, Mingma Sherpa, chairman at Seven Summit Treks, said.
Nepal bans three Indian climbers for six years for faking Mount Everest summit
Their certificates have been revoked, the ministry said after receiving a complaint about the fake ascent, the ministry had formed a committee to investigate the matter.
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KATHMANDU: Nepal has banned two Indian climbers and their team leader from carrying out any mountaineering expeditions in the country for six years after a probe found that they faked their Mt Everest summit in 2016, according to a media report on Thursday.
Indian nationals Narender Singh Yadav and Seema Rani Goswami received expedition certificates during the spring season of 2016 without successfully climbing the world s highest mountain, the Himalayan Times reported, quoting a spokesperson of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.
Nepal has banned two Indian climbers and their team leader from carrying out any mountaineering expeditions in the country for six years after a probe found that they faked their Mt Everest summit in 2016, according to a media report on Thursday. Indian nationals Narender Singh Yadav and Seema Rani Goswami received expedition certificates during the spring season of 2016